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Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Swalwell says Dems must embrace ‘new tactics' to challenge Trump
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) says there's definite 'room for improvement' when it comes to efforts by Democratic leadership to push back against President Trump. 'We're seeing, I would say, all of our colleagues are stepping up and recognizing that this is not, to the voters, an approach of 'Are you far left or center-left?' It's more, 'Are you bringing old tactics to this challenge or are you bringing new tactics?'' Swalwell said Wednesday in an interview with The Hill when asked how he would grade the job that Democratic leaders are doing in their efforts to challenge the president. 'We have room for improvement,' he said. 'Old tactics would be sending an eight-page strongly worded letter to the administration,' Swalwell said. Last month, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) touted a 'very strong letter' that he and other top Democrats penned and sent to Trump to oppose the cancellation of billions of dollars in federal funding for Harvard University. 'New tactics would be using everything we have inside the House procedurally to stop Donald Trump,' Swalwell said, noting a nationwide 'No Kings' rally on June 14 and town halls hosted by Democrats in GOP districts. 'Are you willing to recognize this is not a 20th century challenge? This is an existential threat to democracy,' Swalwell, an executive producer of the new film, 'Words of War,' added. 'It's either revealing who should lead or who should leave,' he said. Pressed on what letter grade he might give his Democratic colleagues in Congress, Swalwell said, 'I'm not a teacher.' 'I put my helmet on. I'm back out on the field,' he said. 'I think people will judge me as doing everything I can right now to make sure that we get through, and have the muscle, and the vision to survive this greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
21-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D) Produces New Film 'Words Of War,' Says Democrats Must Embrace 'New Tactics' to CHALLENGE Trump
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) says there's definite "room for improvement" when it comes to efforts by Democratic leadership to push back against President Trump. "We're seeing, I would say, all of our colleagues are stepping up and recognizing that this is not, to the voters, an approach of 'Are you far left or center-left?' It's more, 'Are you bringing old tactics to this challenge or are you bringing new tactics?'" Swalwell said Wednesday in an interview with The Hill when asked how he would grade the job that Democratic leaders are doing in their efforts to challenge the president. "We have room for improvement," he said. "Old tactics would be sending an eight-page strongly worded letter to the administration," Swalwell said. Last month, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) touted a "very strong letter" that he and other top Democrats penned and sent to Trump to oppose the cancellation of billions of dollars in federal funding for Harvard University. "New tactics would be using everything we have inside the House procedurally to stop Donald Trump," Swalwell said, noting a nationwide "No Kings" rally on June 14 and town halls hosted by Democrats in GOP districts. "Are you willing to recognize this is not a 20th century challenge? This is an existential threat to democracy," Swalwell, an executive producer of the new film, "Words of War," added. "It's either revealing who should lead or who should leave," he said. Pressed on what letter grade he might give his Democratic colleagues in Congress, Swalwell said, "I'm not a teacher." "I put my helmet on. I'm back out on the field," he said. "I think people will judge me as doing everything I can right now to make sure that we get through, and have the muscle, and the vision to survive this greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime."
The Hill
21-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
Swalwell says Dems must embrace ‘new tactics' to challenge Trump
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) says there's definite 'room for improvement' when it comes to efforts by Democratic leadership to push back against President Trump. 'We're seeing, I would say, all of our colleagues are stepping up and recognizing that this is not, to the voters, an approach of 'Are you far-left or center-left?' It's more, 'Are you bringing old tactics to this challenge or are you bringing new tactics?'' Swalwell said Wednesday in an interview with The Hill when asked how he would grade the job that Democratic leaders are doing in their efforts to challenge the president. 'We have room for improvement,' he said. 'Old tactics would be sending an eight-page strongly worded letter to the administration,' Swalwell said. Last month, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) touted a 'very strong letter' that he and other top Democrats penned and sent to Trump oppose the cancellation of billions of dollars in federal funding for Harvard University. 'New tactics would be using everything we have inside the House procedurally to stop Donald Trump,' Swalwell said, noting a nationwide 'No Kings' rally on June 14 and town halls hosted by Democrats in GOP districts. 'Are you willing to recognize this is not a 20th century challenge? This is an existential threat to democracy,' Swalwell, an executive producer on the new film, 'Words of War,' added. 'It's either revealing who should lead or who should leave,' he said. Pressed on what letter grade he might give his Democratic colleagues in Congress, Swalwell said, 'I'm not a teacher.' 'I put my helmet on. I'm back out on the field,' he said. 'I think people will judge me as doing everything I can right now to make sure that we get through, and have the muscle, and the vision to survive this greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime.'
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sean Penn Says ‘I Would Work' With Woody Allen Again in a ‘Heartbeat': The Allegations Are ‘Told by People I Would Not Trust With a Dime'
Sean Penn came to Woody Allen's defense during a recent interview on 'The Louis Theroux Podcast.' Allen directed Penn in 1999's 'Sweet and Lowdown,' for which the latter earned an Oscar nomination for best actor. Penn starred as a jazz guitarist who falls in love with a mute woman, played by Samantha Morton. 'I love that movie. I'd work with him in a heartbeat if it was the right thing,' Penn said about Allen, who has been accused of sexual abuse by his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow. More from Variety Sean Penn Says Donald Trump 'Might Try to Destroy the World' Maxine Peake on Playing Murdered Russian Reporter Anna Politkovskaya in 'Words of War' and the Film's 'Horrific' Relevance: '2024 Was the Most Dangerous Year to Be a Journalist' Sean Penn-Produced Political Thriller 'Words of War' Sells Globally, Including to Signature for U.K. (EXCLUSIVE) 'Do I think he has a bad rep?' Penn then asked, referring to the allegations against Allen. 'Look, with these things… I don't know anyone well enough to say 100% this didn't happen or that didn't happen or something. God forbid you're wrong and there is a victim involved, right? I haven't read everything, but the stories are mostly told by people who I would not trust with a dime. It seems so heavily weighted in that way.' When podcast host Louis Theroux noted the allegations against Allen come from his adopted children, including 'journalist' Ronan Farrow, Penn defended Allen by saying: 'I am not aware of any clinical psychologist or psychiatrist or anyone I ever heard talk about the subject of pedophilia that in 80 years of life it only happens once. I am not aware of that.' 'When people try to associate his much younger girlfriends, right or wrong is not the conversation here,' Penn continued. 'Post-puberty consensual stuff is a different conversation.' 'I just think that whatever is the worst of people's suspicions about him, just check them with the facts separate from the [#MeToo] movement and all those who benefited from that,' the Oscar winner concluded. 'Let's just take a second is all I'm saying. I see he is not proven guilty, so I take him as innocent. I would work with him in a heartbeat.' Allen has not worked in Hollywood since Dylan Farrow's abuse allegations against him resurfaced in 2018. Listen to Penn's full interview on 'The Louis Theroux Podcast' here. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival
Economist
13-05-2025
- Politics
- Economist
Anna Politkovskaya knew that tyranny respects no borders
'The entrance is well adapted for murder,' Anna Politkovskaya wrote in 2003, 'with dark corners in which you are your own rescue service.' She was describing the building in which a fellow journalist had been bludgeoned, but also foretelling her own death three years later. The assassination in her apartment block is the inexorable ending of 'Words of War', a new film about her life and fate. Politkovskaya's story and warnings are vital even now, amid the carnage in Ukraine. Especially now.
